| 单词 | subordination |
| 释义 | subordination (once / 1670 pages) n Subordination means lowering. In animal packs, gestures of subordination include staying low and making gestures of play. In the military, one shows subordination by saluting first. You are more likely to be familiar with the opposite of subordination, insubordination. In the military, acts of insubordination means refusing to follow your superior and is a punishable crime. The 1920s finalized the subordination of investigations into ESP and the like. They were discredited and stopped being investigated by mainstream scientists. WORD FAMILYsubordination: insubordination, subordinations+/insubordinate: insubordinately/insubordination: insubordinations/subordinate: insubordinate, subordinated, subordinately, subordinateness, subordinates, subordinating, subordination USAGE EXAMPLESBut if anything, subordination of the idea bolsters its insidiousness, like a cancer mistaken for a beauty mark. Salon(Dec 03, 2016) This link between social subordination and altered immune response was present despite no variation in access to food or health care among the animals. Nature(Nov 29, 2016) But when subordination of women rules the day, suddenly we must 'respect' another's "values"?! New York Times(Oct 18, 2016) 1n the state of being subordinate to something Hyper dependance, dependence, dependency the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else 2n the quality of obedient submissiveness Ant|Hyper insubordination defiance of authority submissiveness the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc. 3n the act of mastering or subordinating someone Syn|Hyper mastery domination social control by dominating 4n the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class Syn|Hyper hyponymy semantic relation a relation between meanings 5n the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head Hyper grammatical relation a linguistic relation established by grammar |
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